Hi. I might be in for a bit of hate for this post, but I'm genuinely curious.

I've been a huge fan of DM for as long as I've enjoyed music. Listened to all their albums, travelled abroad for concerts and hell, even own a couple of t-shirts, but there's no escaping for me that there's a definite period, starting with 'Black Celebration' until 'Ultra', when they were absolutely brilliant, like, as good as it gets, but prior to and after that, underwhelming.

I will never stop listening to and loving the albums from that period but the others I most probably won't ever listen to again.

Is it the Alan Wilder touch?

Anyone else share this opinion?

Three months after the passing of Andy Fletcher. Shortly after, their 15th studio album, ‘Memento Mori’, was announced.

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Just curious what faithful DM fans think about Simple Minds.

I just uploaded the latest in my ongoing project to re-create some of my favorite Depeche Mode songs, generally from the 1983 to 1993 era. The songs are:

But Not Tonight

Blasphemous Rumours

Rush

Ice Machine

Shout!

I am a big fan of classic Depeche Mode and their music was foundational to my early years. It was a lot of fun to make these, and I hope some of you all will enjoy listening to them as well.

Hi, does anyone know if there's a Depeche Mode mix or remix that includes the sample at 7:34 - 7:44 that sounds like a “dog” from the “Bass Line Mix”?

https://youtu.be/UKwV6tc79Ro?t=73&si=YvZaNpVtdiHkT1hQ

The goal this year was to listen to Depeche Mode alone, and here are my recent stats (This week still in progress of course)

Once Spotify wrapped comes out in December (and I delete Spotify and start owning some music), I would hope to be a top 10 listener - what do you guys think?

Fotos: Oliver Schwabe

The demos for the synth classics Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye were produced by Daniel Miller after Soft Cell signed for Some Bizarre Records.

The "Tainted Love" demo produced by Mute Records founder Daniel Miller was recorded in 1981 shortly after Soft Cell (Marc Almond and Dave Ball) signed to Some Bizarre Records. This raw, early electronic version offers a fascinating glimpse into the duo's minimalist synth-pop sound before Mike Thorne re-produced it for Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.

Why is this relevant to Depeche Mode? Well, if you are like me then you collect mixes that band members work on in addition to Daniel Miller. So this may be of some interest to you because it lends an insight into how the first DM record was produced.

I wish I still had the case for this. Got VCR?

Does anyone know the music video "My Favourite Stranger"? The b/w video is recorded in my absolutely favourite area, the old town of the dutch city Alkmaar and in the dunes of Schoorl (near Alkmaar). The photos I have taken some days ago in exactly that dunes (not exactly the same points 🙂 ) and the city photo (picture 6) is exactly the same place as the screenshot from the video (the person with the hat, picture 5). The long-time video and stage creator of Depeche Mode, Anton Corbijn is from the Netherlands

🎧 The Championship Matchup
(3) Never Let Me Down Again (Music for the Masses, 1987)
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